Rear may refer to:
Animals
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Rear (horse)
Rearing occurs when a horse or other equine "stands up" on its hind legs with the forelegs off the ground. Rearing may be linked to fright, aggression, excitement, disobedience, non experienced rider, or pain. It is not uncommon to see stall ...
, when a horse lifts its front legs off the ground
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stockbreeding
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, startin ...
, to breed and raise
Humans
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Parenting
Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a ...
(child rearing), the process of promoting and supporting a child from infancy to adulthood
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Gender of rearing
Sex assignment (sometimes known as gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex at or before birth. A relative, midwife, nurse or physician inspects the external genitalia when the baby is delivered and, in more than 99.95% of birt ...
, the gender in which parents rear a child
Military
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Rear (military) In military parlance, the rear is the part of concentration of military forces that is farthest from the enemy (compare its antonym, the front). The rear typically contains all logistic and management elements of the force necessary to support th ...
, the area of a battlefield behind the front line
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Rear admiral
Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
, a naval officer
See also
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Rear end (disambiguation) Rear end may refer to:
*Buttocks, euphemistically
*Rear-end collision, a type of road collision
*An automobile's rear differential, colloquially
*''Rear End Rear end may refer to:
*Buttocks, euphemistically
*Rear-end collision
A rear-end co ...
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Behind (disambiguation)
Behind may refer to:
* ''Behind'' (album), a 1992 album by Superior
* Behind (Australian rules football), a method of scoring in Australian rules football, awarding one point
* "Behind" (song), a 2008 single by Flanders
* Behind, a slang term fo ...
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Hind (disambiguation) A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer.
Places
* Hind (Sasanian province, 262-484)
* Hind and al-Hind, a Persian and Arabic name for the Indian subcontinent
* Hind (crater), a lunar impact crater
* 1897 Hind, an asteroid
Military
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